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romney appears to have an edge on the top two economic issueses unemployment, and the budget deficit. for obama he holds the advantage on domestic issues, education, medicare, taxes, immigration and health care. these noneconomic issues are the first topics up for debate wednesday night. voters will be judging the candidates personal qualities. obama's favoritability rating
romney appears to have an edge on the top two economic issueses unemployment, and the budget deficit. for obama he holds the advantage on domestic issues, education, medicare, taxes, immigration and health care. these noneconomic issues are the first topics up for debate wednesday night. voters will be judging the candidates personal qualities. obama's favoritability rating
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both the obamas and bidens are heading to new hampshire ahead of the august jobs report and unemployment rate is expected to remain unchanged. brandy hitt abc news charlotte. >>> if you haven't done so start pulling out the purple because it's purple friday. >> it is. coming up, a live report where to catch the purple caravan as ballmore gets ready to cheer on the ravens. >> and you are not only going to see purple today but a lot of orange, too. the magic the orioles have brought back to charm city.>> reporter: that's the 895, 95 split. construction and latest coming up. we will take you to boston. hey, let's take a look. beautiful shot this friday morning. we are back with more good morning maryland coming up. >>> 4:44. thanks for joining thus morning. birds of a feather. we are on cloud 9 from the orioles and now we are getting pumped for the ravens. so what a great way to say thank you to art modell than to put on your purple and celebrate the ravens. that's what linda so is doing live with the caravan. it's early right now linda but i know there's a lot plapped for today. >> reporte
both the obamas and bidens are heading to new hampshire ahead of the august jobs report and unemployment rate is expected to remain unchanged. brandy hitt abc news charlotte. >>> if you haven't done so start pulling out the purple because it's purple friday. >> it is. coming up, a live report where to catch the purple caravan as ballmore gets ready to cheer on the ravens. >> and you are not only going to see purple today but a lot of orange, too. the magic the orioles have...
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before the week's debate picked romney by a 51- 45% margin over obama. today's numbers will be especially scrutinized because after this there is just one more jobs report expected before the november election. in washington, i am emily schmidt. >> the job report the numbers are due out by 8:30 this morning. >> claims are up about 367,000 americans filed for first time unemployment benefits last week. that's 4,000 more than the week before. those numbers are important because they serve as an indicator to how healthy the job market is overall. >>> in news around the nation this morning, drivers in california are getting a shock when they fill up at the pump. gas price we up more than 8 cents from wednesday to thursday. some customers paid more than $5.50 a gallon for regular unleaded they blame refinery outages for the spike and according to aaa, the national average for a gallon of regular gas is 3.78. gas prices in southern california are about 57 cents higher than the national average. >>> a couple in utah say they let five people in their homes belie
before the week's debate picked romney by a 51- 45% margin over obama. today's numbers will be especially scrutinized because after this there is just one more jobs report expected before the november election. in washington, i am emily schmidt. >> the job report the numbers are due out by 8:30 this morning. >> claims are up about 367,000 americans filed for first time unemployment benefits last week. that's 4,000 more than the week before. those numbers are important because they...
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the unemployment rate fell for the 5th month in a row, 8.3%, it's the lowest since the month after obama took office. >> now is not the time for self inflicted wounds to our economy, now is the time for action. i want to send a clear message to congress, do not slow down the recovery that we are on. >> reporter: here in nevada people don't see that improvement. the high state foreclosure rate, five years running, 5 8% of homes under water, unemployment rate of 12.6%. the highest in the nation. >> obama care is yet to go in to effect. no question that when that goes in to effect, it will take a hit to the economy. >> reporter: the message should resonate here. whether it works on a national level is yet to be seen. let's talk about how nevada will be different than florida. mitt romney got all 50 delegates. the delegates are awarded proportionately here. they are vying for second, third, fourth place. the winner, that's the person who gets the momentum. >> we hear newt gingrich made not so flattering comments about mitt romney today. what exactly did he say? >> reporter: remember when mit
the unemployment rate fell for the 5th month in a row, 8.3%, it's the lowest since the month after obama took office. >> now is not the time for self inflicted wounds to our economy, now is the time for action. i want to send a clear message to congress, do not slow down the recovery that we are on. >> reporter: here in nevada people don't see that improvement. the high state foreclosure rate, five years running, 5 8% of homes under water, unemployment rate of 12.6%. the highest in...
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and the new voice on economic statistics. >> it is the 43rd month of unemployment above 8%. for every person who got a job last month, nearly four stopped looking for work. >> governor romney went to church after hammering home his own economic message. >> if this president is re- elected you'll see chronic unemployment for four years or longer. >> president barack obama accused him of fuzz supply math. >> he said he wouldn't take a deal with $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue increases and the problem is the math or the arithmetic doesn't add up. >> now maryland's most accurate forecast. >> what a spectacular a noon. take a look. down in chesapeake beach, watch a few of the clouds bubble up during the course of the afternoon but it was spectacular, 70s, low humidity. finally going to that fall standard. we have a packed house at the inner harbor right now. at 76 degrees. look at the bone dry humidity at 45%. that northwesterly wind at 8 is ushering in the drier air. 76 in town. a pair of 7s out to frederick. 71 there. most numbers north and west of the city points will
and the new voice on economic statistics. >> it is the 43rd month of unemployment above 8%. for every person who got a job last month, nearly four stopped looking for work. >> governor romney went to church after hammering home his own economic message. >> if this president is re- elected you'll see chronic unemployment for four years or longer. >> president barack obama accused him of fuzz supply math. >> he said he wouldn't take a deal with $10 of spending cuts...
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unemployment still at 8.3%. no president since fdr has been re-elected with numbers like that. >> what are they dog to keep their campaigns going? >> reporter: they are working hard to get that money. in fact, president obama went from talking about jobs to going down to houston, texas. he has two fund-raisers scheduled. he will raise at least $2.8 million tonight, a lot of money but he's up against mitt romney whose campaign razeed $11.5 million in february. what this tells you, both parties are expecting a long expensive race. >> all right thank you so much for that report. >>> and the much anticipated hbo movie "game change" based on sarah palin's role in john mccain's failed presidency had its dpk pre-- d.c. premier. critics claim it only focused on two chapters. >> hello, i'm roosevelt leftwich. coming up all brand-new at 6 new details as second dog shows signs of being in a dogfight. police hope a nice reward will get people to speak up. and what the mild winter here means for your wallet. john matarese ta
unemployment still at 8.3%. no president since fdr has been re-elected with numbers like that. >> what are they dog to keep their campaigns going? >> reporter: they are working hard to get that money. in fact, president obama went from talking about jobs to going down to houston, texas. he has two fund-raisers scheduled. he will raise at least $2.8 million tonight, a lot of money but he's up against mitt romney whose campaign razeed $11.5 million in february. what this tells you,...
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. >> after a record 40 straight months of unemployment, president obama insist -- >> the private sector is doing fine. >> recontractly president obama said. >> the private sector is doing fine. >> you had can our president be so out of touch? >> all right. thanks a lot for that report. we're having tk ni cal -- technical difficulties. >> the man who police said killed phylicia barnes was in court and how her family feels. >> it's hot. it -- it's humid but there's a way to stay cool. an ice cream truck and where you can jump on it. we need to look for a new van. yeah. i just don't know where to start. glad you found us. start by test-driving nearly every make and model, all in one place. carmax. start here. i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. an
. >> after a record 40 straight months of unemployment, president obama insist -- >> the private sector is doing fine. >> recontractly president obama said. >> the private sector is doing fine. >> you had can our president be so out of touch? >> all right. thanks a lot for that report. we're having tk ni cal -- technical difficulties. >> the man who police said killed phylicia barnes was in court and how her family feels. >> it's hot. it -- it's...
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unemployment now down to 8.3%. speaking of president obama, just yesterday super bowl sunday, a big day. lots of people watching tv. he said he believes he disee serves -- deserves a second term. here's what voters had to say. 49% say yes, the president should get a second term. meantime, 49% say, no, the president should not get a second term. you can see it's pretty much split when this comes to that point. >> there's another vote tomorrow. what's at stake this coming tuesday? >> reporter: i'm going to show you. we had a busy day leading up to tuesday's contest. rick santorum and ron paul started out in minnesota. meantime, mitt romney, newt gingrich, they were in colorado and, kelly, here is what is up for grabs. in colorado we have 33 delegates. meantime in minnesota 37 delegates are up for grabs. you see missouri. that's in red. they have a primary tomorrow but you can see there's no delegates at stake. they will not dole out the 52 delegates until next march. >> thanks for that report. >>> lawmakers are takin
unemployment now down to 8.3%. speaking of president obama, just yesterday super bowl sunday, a big day. lots of people watching tv. he said he believes he disee serves -- deserves a second term. here's what voters had to say. 49% say yes, the president should get a second term. meantime, 49% say, no, the president should not get a second term. you can see it's pretty much split when this comes to that point. >> there's another vote tomorrow. what's at stake this coming tuesday? >>...
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. >> unemployment is higher today than when barack obama took office. think of that. >> reporter: there's good news and bad news. the candidates are trying to convince -- spinet numbers. >> this was another busy day on the campaign trail. take us through some of the highlights from today. >> reporter: earlier today mitt romney spoke in wisconsin and he called this his closing argument. >> words are cheap. a record is real and it's earned. real change is not measured in words. real change is measured in achiefments and four years ago candidate obama promised so very much but he's fallen. >> reporter: as for the president he argues it comes down to trust. >> you may be frustrated sometimes by the pace of change but you know what i believe. you know where i stand. you know i tell the truth. you know i will fight for your families every single day. you know that. >> reporter: as if there wasn't enough political news out there today there's this brand-new cnn/orc that shows president obama has a slight lead over mitt romney so it's a dead heat there. >> than
. >> unemployment is higher today than when barack obama took office. think of that. >> reporter: there's good news and bad news. the candidates are trying to convince -- spinet numbers. >> this was another busy day on the campaign trail. take us through some of the highlights from today. >> reporter: earlier today mitt romney spoke in wisconsin and he called this his closing argument. >> words are cheap. a record is real and it's earned. real change is not...
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a poll shows obama led. also working in the president's fairvetion the state's unemployment rate is pointing downward. >> his presidency has been a losing hand. >> reporter: team romney isn't letting the president off that easy. the campaign sent a lap governor bobby ginned am and former minnesota governor pawlenty. >> the list goes on and on. the bottom line is this. we've had enough of broken promises. >> reporter: jamie, for the president tomorrow it's off to pennsylvania for this two-day bus tour. also happening tomorrow the june unemployment numbers will be coming down. no doubt, that will be driving the discussion. >> if americans want some relief, they may want to avoid watching the olympics in london. tell us why. >> reporter: yob if this will stop them -- i don't know if this will stop them to watching. you see the commercials, those ads, politics. that's what's getting -- going on. the obama campaign has already spent $6.5 million on ad time. so you'll see a lot of presidential politicking during t
a poll shows obama led. also working in the president's fairvetion the state's unemployment rate is pointing downward. >> his presidency has been a losing hand. >> reporter: team romney isn't letting the president off that easy. the campaign sent a lap governor bobby ginned am and former minnesota governor pawlenty. >> the list goes on and on. the bottom line is this. we've had enough of broken promises. >> reporter: jamie, for the president tomorrow it's off to...
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the unemployment rate dropped from 8.2% 8.1%. the romney campaign said the labor force is shrinking and millions of adults who could get jobs, are able to work, are not able to find work. they have dropped out of the workforce. we see both campaigns trying to spin this in their own direction. >> after the worst economic crisis since the great depression, our businesses have created more than 4.2 million new jobs over the last 26 months. >> this hasn't gotten better at the rate of speed they had been told it would get better. that's, in part, because the obama policies didn't work. >> reporter: we have six monthly job reports to go before the november elections. >> mitt romney also spent part of the day courting one specific republican, his former rival, rick santorum. what can you tell bus that meeting? >> reporter: you look at the pictures from the debates. today romney and santorum met privately in pennsylvania. we're told that santorum said he would like to she more conservative voices such as the tea party that this become a
the unemployment rate dropped from 8.2% 8.1%. the romney campaign said the labor force is shrinking and millions of adults who could get jobs, are able to work, are not able to find work. they have dropped out of the workforce. we see both campaigns trying to spin this in their own direction. >> after the worst economic crisis since the great depression, our businesses have created more than 4.2 million new jobs over the last 26 months. >> this hasn't gotten better at the rate of...
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mitt romney slamming obama's economic record. the president tried to look at the big picture. >> 42 months , the longest period of time we have had unemployment ape above 8% in american history since this has been recorded this is an extraordinary recod of failure. >> we haven't had to come back from an economic crisis this deep or this painful since the 1930s. we also knew if we were persistent and kept at it, and kept working, that we would gradually get to where we need to be. >> reporter: the economy remains by far the top economic issue in the country. what is the top concern? , jobs, jobs, jobs. we will find out maryland's unemployment rate in two weeks from now. >> thanks a lot, paul. >>> the pentagon is forming a sub committee to examine how hey juror criminal accusations against service members in deployed areas are handled. leon panetta says the incidents involving abuse of innocent civilians occurred in iraq and afghanistan ole they are exceedingly ray. they will review past crimes but won't retry past cases. the resul
mitt romney slamming obama's economic record. the president tried to look at the big picture. >> 42 months , the longest period of time we have had unemployment ape above 8% in american history since this has been recorded this is an extraordinary recod of failure. >> we haven't had to come back from an economic crisis this deep or this painful since the 1930s. we also knew if we were persistent and kept at it, and kept working, that we would gradually get to where we need to be....
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this already projengts that the unemployment rate will be below 6% in about five years time. >> i know the president and their camp were going after bain capital. what's the focus today? have they moved on to something else? >> reporter: president obama is on the campaign trail. he held a priest fund-raiser in california. now he's moved on. he's in iowa, a couple of campaign event there is as well. no coincidence there. we know iowa is a swing state and the president has his eye on it. >> thanks for that live report. >> let's check in with jamie costello, who's in the studio. >> coming up at six, the store are of the day, three lives lost, more on the three men who died in a manure lagoon in cannot county. >> every parent dream about their baby sleeping through the night. those stories and more coming up at 6:00, so stay awake. here's a preview of what's ahead on world news tonight at 6:30. >> kids and football. see what's being done to protect kids from a brain disease linked to former nfl players. tonight a look with diane sawyer and the full report on nightline on abc. when it comes
this already projengts that the unemployment rate will be below 6% in about five years time. >> i know the president and their camp were going after bain capital. what's the focus today? have they moved on to something else? >> reporter: president obama is on the campaign trail. he held a priest fund-raiser in california. now he's moved on. he's in iowa, a couple of campaign event there is as well. no coincidence there. we know iowa is a swing state and the president has his eye on...
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it asked how he is handling the economy and unemployment. >>> a dorm room intruder at the university of maryland has officials concerned. >>> most women who become pregnant know not to drink alcohol. i'm jamie costello. those stories and more coming up at six. here's a preview of what's coming up at 6:30. >>> from our newsroom in new york, the big vote in michigan on world fumes-- news tonight, the showdown. and statins and memory loss and what fainting could say about your heart. >>> lots of green on the board. the dow jones ended above 13,000 for the first time since may of 2008. the dow rose 23 points to close at 13,005. and the s&p 500 rose five points to close at 1372. >>> the anger with some of the country's biggest banks translated into a loss. 10 pect of people looking for a new bank last year left the largest banks and moved to smaller banks or credit unions. about a third said it was becaus of excessive fees. some say it was poor customer service. >>> they may be leaving the country's biggest banks but cussers are heading to the big three automakers. auto sales could reach
it asked how he is handling the economy and unemployment. >>> a dorm room intruder at the university of maryland has officials concerned. >>> most women who become pregnant know not to drink alcohol. i'm jamie costello. those stories and more coming up at six. here's a preview of what's coming up at 6:30. >>> from our newsroom in new york, the big vote in michigan on world fumes-- news tonight, the showdown. and statins and memory loss and what fainting could say...
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the unemployment rate dropped to 8.2%. the number of jobs was half from it be ri. president obama giving a speech on jobs and he targeted a specific group. >> right now women are a growing number of bread winners but they're still earning 77 cents for every dollar a man does. even less if you're an african-american or latino women. women are not some monolithic blofnlgt -- bloc. women are not an interest group. >> reporter: we know that the female vote will be increasingly important when the general election rolls. president obama is making a pitch at female voters. this is no surprise. mitt romney's campaign released a statement that said it is increasingly clear the obama economy is not working. that after three years in office the president's excuses have run out. so general election time. we're talking about jobs and who has a bet are plan to turn this economy around. it will be even more important than this already is. >> so mitt romney and rick santorum is vowing to stay in the race. >> reporter: there are a lot of these secret meetings taking plaissments thi
the unemployment rate dropped to 8.2%. the number of jobs was half from it be ri. president obama giving a speech on jobs and he targeted a specific group. >> right now women are a growing number of bread winners but they're still earning 77 cents for every dollar a man does. even less if you're an african-american or latino women. women are not some monolithic blofnlgt -- bloc. women are not an interest group. >> reporter: we know that the female vote will be increasingly important...
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tomorrow morning is when the labor department will release the july unemployment report. the number you want to lock out forks 8.2 -- for, 8.2%. it hasn't budged for quite some time. no matter what happens tomorrow and a lot of analysts think it will not move. it's a pretty shower bet you'll see both campaigns come out. respond to it. it will more than likely be the number one topic on the campaign trail. >> absolutely. reporting from washington. nice to see you. >>> all right. well, social media, you snow, is going to be a big part of this, the presidential election and twitter is doing its part it get involved. it unveiled the political index or twindex. it compares tweets about the candidates, the positivity and negativity of all tweets. you can find the index right now at election dot twitter.com. >>> here's a look at what's coming up all new at 6:00. if you're heading out for dinner, do not leave before you see our report on the hidden calories in your favorite menu items. >> plus, if upwent to a local college, chances are they're on a new list. those stories and mor
tomorrow morning is when the labor department will release the july unemployment report. the number you want to lock out forks 8.2 -- for, 8.2%. it hasn't budged for quite some time. no matter what happens tomorrow and a lot of analysts think it will not move. it's a pretty shower bet you'll see both campaigns come out. respond to it. it will more than likely be the number one topic on the campaign trail. >> absolutely. reporting from washington. nice to see you. >>> all right....
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home his own economic message. >> with this -- if this president's reelected you're going to see high unemployment for another four years or longer. >> president obama accuses his opponent of fuzzy math. >> governor romney said he wouldn't take a deal with $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue increases and the problem is the math or the arithmetic as president clinton said doesn't add up. >> amp compton abc news traveling with the obama campaign in florida. >>> it was bumper to bumper yesterday in frederick and traffic was at a standstill for hours and misery loves company. the destation crumbling fogs and parking an absolute nightmare for thousands who showed up. the county played host to the tough mudder event. it was plagued with problems, mudders, an intense obstacle course in the mud, they're held all over the world. posters called this a disaster. they got through yesterday's events but mudder officials canceled to's competitions citing flooding, traffic and parking concerns and also inconsistent support from local authorities they say. but frederick police said the traffic volume was too
home his own economic message. >> with this -- if this president's reelected you're going to see high unemployment for another four years or longer. >> president obama accuses his opponent of fuzzy math. >> governor romney said he wouldn't take a deal with $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue increases and the problem is the math or the arithmetic as president clinton said doesn't add up. >> amp compton abc news traveling with the obama campaign in florida....
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given the fact that president obama was e re elected in spite of the unemployment rate beyond fdr, he was elected. congress make up changed slightly. american population wants congress to solve the problem rather than be obstacles to the solution. >> the that does not happen, we remain in the stalemate, at what point does the voter throw their hands up and say enough is enough, we are tired of being the victims of this. >> well, the next election is 2014, that's the next time they can express frustration like the 2010 elections express about obama care. >> say can you see getting rid of the national anthem all together? high schoolers need to stop singing it before games, that's what they are being told. hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. test drive! but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a jetta. that's the power of german engineering. get $0 down, $0 due at signing
given the fact that president obama was e re elected in spite of the unemployment rate beyond fdr, he was elected. congress make up changed slightly. american population wants congress to solve the problem rather than be obstacles to the solution. >> the that does not happen, we remain in the stalemate, at what point does the voter throw their hands up and say enough is enough, we are tired of being the victims of this. >> well, the next election is 2014, that's the next time they...